The 2011–12

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season was the second edition of the

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league since its inception in 2010. A total 32 teams competed in the league: 24 from the

2010–11 Topklasse The 2010–11 Topklasse season was the first and inaugural edition of the newly created Dutch third tier. A total 32 teams competed in the league, one of them coming from the fully professional 2009–10 Eerste Divisie, and the remaining 31 from t ...

, and the remaining eight from the

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. As usual, the competition was divided into two leagues: "Saturday" and "Sunday", who differ by the day their games are usually played. For this season, no team was promoted to the

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, due to the fact all league teams declined to apply for that. Promotion to the higher tier for a Topklasse requires it to switch into full professionalism and play on Friday nights instead of either Saturday or Sunday afternoons. The league was won by Sunday champions

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from

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, who defeated Saturday champions

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in a two-legged final (5–0 aggregate).

Teams

Saturday league

Sunday league

League tables

Saturday league

Sunday league

Championship play-offs

Achilles '29 won the overall Topklasse title. As neither them nor runners-up Spakenburg applied for that, no Topklasse team was promoted to

2012–13 Eerste Divisie The 2012–13 Eerste Divisie, known as Jupiler League for sponsorship reasons, was the fifty-seventh season of Eerste Divisie since its establishment in 1955. It began on 10 August 2012 with the first matches of the season and ended on 26 May 20 ...

Promotion/relegation play-offs

13th place play-off – Saturday league

Harkemase Boys and SVZW both finished the season with 25 points. So there was an extra match between them to decide who could play relegation playoffs and who had to relegate immediately. SVZW relegated to 2012–13 Hoofdklasse. Harkemase Boys will play relegation playoffs.

Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff semifinals

Topklasse / Hoofdklasse playoff finals

Kozakken Boys promoted to 2012–13 Topklasse Saturday; Chabab promoted to 2012–13 Topklasse Sunday.

References

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